Featuring Dr. Robin Scarcella, this webcast provides an overview to academic language instruction for English language learners, as well as teaching strategies, activity ideas, and recommended resources.
Featuring bilingual speech-language pathologist Dr. Elsa Cárdenas-Hagan.
The library can be a lifeline for English language learners and their families who are new to this country or who speak multiple languages.
Pedro Noguera: Community Schools (Part 2 of 3)
Pedro Noguera discusses the effects of poverty on student achievement and the role that public schools play in mitigating those effects, as well as the ...
Common Core: Planning and Professional Development
In these video clips and journal entries, teachers from Colorín Colorado's Common Core in Albuquerque, NM project share their ideas on what kinds of planning ...
Pedro Noguera: Succeeding with ELLs and Their Families (Part 3 of 3)
Pedro Noguera shares examples of schools that have successfully collaborated with ELL families and also offers ideas for supporting young Latino men and ...
Pedro Noguera: Keys to Success (Part 1 of 3)
Pedro Noguera remembers how his parents, teachers, and librarians encouraged his own success and shares some words of encouragement for teachers in today's classrooms.
Grace Lin
Grace Lin is the author and illustrator of more than 20 books for kids and teens. In this interview, Grace talks about being the only Asian in her classroom and tells the story behind some of her books.
Teacher's Reflection: Introducing Burro's Tortillas
Ali Nava discusses the lesson planning process for "Introducing Burro's Tortillas" both before and after teaching the lesson.